Whether you support people now or plan to, this is the start. Three certificates cover psychology, child and youth development, and mental health. It is a foundation, not clinical training.
Years of study is a big bet. This is the cheap, quick way to test whether the work suits you first.
Stress, grief, conflict and low mood get named and explained in plain terms you can use.
Ethics, boundaries, supervision and referral get their own module, so you know when to hand over.
Psychology first, then the skills, then the ages and the conditions.
Three certificates that usually sell one at a time. Adult psychology, child and youth development, and mental health, with counselling skills running through all of it.
Listening, questioning, reflection and interview technique, then crisis and problem solving on top.
Two full certificates on child and adolescent development, not one module tacked on.
A year of student membership with the International Association for Counselling on completion.
Awarded by the college on completion
From the college, on completion. It is not nationally recognised, and it is not an Australian Qualifications Framework award.
Student membership of the International Association for Counselling, with journal access and contacts.
Shared through a link in the learning platform rather than through SEEK.
One form. Nothing to pay to send it.
An advisor will tell you what this does not lead to.
Weekly payments or upfront, then access opens.
Theory first, then the skills, then the ages.
None. It was built for people starting with nothing in this area.
Twenty four months of access, and around five hundred hours of work.
From $29 a week on a payment plan. Weekly, fortnightly or monthly, or pay upfront. No deposit and no credit check.
It is the cheap, fast way to find out whether years of study are worth it to you. What it will not do is make you a counsellor, or lead to registration as a psychologist or therapist here or overseas. What you get is the theory, the language and the counselling skills, useful in any support role.
Some institutions consider it. Credit and advanced standing are decided by the place you apply to, so ask them directly before you count on it.
Support work, community roles and youth settings all use these skills. The college treats it as a foundation for further study or support based paths.
You finish with a Certificate of Achievement, and the college is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office. It is not a registered training organisation, so the training is not nationally recognised and sits outside the Australian Qualifications Framework. As a foundation before a bigger commitment, that is the point of it.
There is a ten day money back guarantee from the college. Ask an advisor how it works first.
The Career Academy is an online college with over fifteen years behind it. It works with more than twenty five thousand students a year. Its courses carry ICOES and CPD Standards Office accreditation.
Picture yourself sitting with someone who feels heard for once.